Archive for the ‘Special features’ Category
Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Another year and another look back at the exploits of the horses featured on this site during what was an eventful season.
Poetry in Motion
The star of the season for me was undoubtedly Dylan Thomas. The 4 year old was certainly not kept under wraps by the Ballydoyle ...
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Two year olds of 2006 – Part 1
This is the second of 4 sections where I will be highlighting some of the 2 year olds that caught my eye during thye 2006 season. All pictures are by kind permission of the excellent web site www.b2yor.co.uk which is highly recommended. ...
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Two year olds of 2006 – Part 1
This is the first of 4 sections where I will be highlighting some of the 2 year olds that caught my eye during thye 2006 season. All pictures are by kind permission of the excellent web site www.b2yor.co.uk which is highly ...
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
Review of the flat season 2006
Another flat season – another look back, mainly at the fortunes of the horses on my list to follow.
Lincoln, board games and a Knight
Did you know that the Lincolnshire Handicap used to be run at Lincoln? The race was won by a horse called Mighty ...
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
With all weather racing growing in both quantity and quality I decided to include it in my daily racing diary during the 2005/2006 season.
I didn’t publish a list to follow but I did have a rough list in my mind, made up of horses that I had followed ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Review of the flat 2005
Welcome to the 4th flat review since I started writing these literary gems. They are mainly intended to feature the exploits of the horses that appeared on my list to follow with a few thrown in from previous years lists that have become “old favourites.” As ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
When the 2004/5 jumps season began the main talking points surrounded the chasers. Would Best Mate make it 4 Gold Cups in a row, and could Well Chief disturb the supremacy of Moscow Flyer and Azertyuiop over 2 miles? As things turned out it was the hurdlers that captured my ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Review of the flat 2004
As always with these reviews I will be concentrating on horses I backed, followed or otherwise interested me and I will start with the story of a theory involving Chester, Kieren Fallon and a horse called Nashaab.
On May 7th Nashaab ran at Chester. He had run ...
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
What follows is as ever a very personal look back at another national hunt season. The emphasis is on the horses from the Russellform list to follow.
Slowly away
If there was something remarkable about the start of the 2003/2004 jumps season, it was its slow start. The arid autumn ...
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
Review of the 2003 flat season
Introduction
A review of the previous season has become a regular "Russellform" feature and I have tried to expand it a bit this time round. When looking back at the 2003 flat season I have taken a particularly personal view. The horses mentioned are those that ...
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